Genome-wide scan identifies loci associated with classical BSE occurrence

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Murdoch, Brenda M ^a,b   Murdoch, Gordon K ^c   Settles, Matthew ^c   McKay, Stephanie ^d   Williams, John L ^e   Moore, Stephen S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^e PARCO TECNOLOGICO PADANO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL GENETICS; ARTICLE; BOVINE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY; CHROMOSOME 1; CHROMOSOME 14; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; NONHUMAN; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SYNTENY; UNITED KINGDOM; ANIMAL; CATTLE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; HUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANIMALIA; BOS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 80455150213     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026819     Document Type: Article

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